Prototype CNC Machinist — Rapid 5-Axis Prototyping & Equity

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 56,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is hiring a Prototype CNC Machinist in Costa Mesa to take complex parts from handoff through finished hardware. You will set up and run multi-axis CNC equipment, establish tooling, offsets, prove out programs, and inspect critical features on a rapid development timeline.

You will collaborate with CNC programmers and engineers to adapt toolpaths and manufacturing approaches, balancing speed with accuracy.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on CNC machining experience with independent setup and operation responsibility.
• 4+ years experience setting up and running multi-axis CNC equipment, including at minimum 3+2 machining or comparable complex milling/turning work.
• Working knowledge of GD&T, blueprint interpretation, G/M code, tooling, offsets, feeds and speeds, and dimensional inspection.
• Ability to independently perform the core CNC workflow: setup, prove-out, machining, troubleshooting, and inspection.
• Experience using precision inspection tools such as micrometers, calipers, indicators, height gauges, bore gauges, or pin gauges.
• Ability to work effectively in a low-volume, high-mix, prototype, development, aerospace, defense, automotive, motorsports, or similarly complex machining environment.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information.

Responsibilities

• Own CNC setups from start to finish — review the job, verify stock, install workholding, load tooling, establish offsets, prove out the program, machine the part, and inspect critical features.
• Run complex multi-axis equipment across 3+2, 5-axis, turning, live-tool, and multitask environments while expanding capability across the shop.
• Turn drawings and models into hardware by interpreting GD&T, datum structures, tolerances, and critical dimensions to guide setup and inspection decisions.
• Catch problems before they become scrap by reviewing toolpaths, monitoring machining conditions, identifying risk, and adjusting feeds, speeds, offsets, or other machine-side parameters when appropriate.
• Inspect your own work in process using precision metrology tools and verify accessible critical dimensions before removing the part from the machine.
• Solve real-time manufacturing problems involving tooling, workholding, dimensional variation, finish, material behavior, or machine performance.
• Partner directly with CNC programmers and engineers when a program, model, or manufacturing approach needs to change.
• Work with urgency without sacrificing quality in a rapid R&D environment where one-off hardware may need to move from design to finished part in as little as a few days.
• Operate with ownership and autonomy by managing your workload, seeking out the next priority, and contributing wherever the shop needs support.

Skills

CNC Machining

GD&T

Blueprint Interpretation

Multi-axis Machining

Troubleshooting

Safety Consciousness

Tools

Siemens Controls

ESPIRIT / NX CAM

CAD/CAM Tools

Job description

Anduril Industries is hiring a Prototype CNC Machinist in Costa Mesa to take complex parts from handoff through finished hardware. You will set up and run multi-axis CNC equipment, establish tooling, offsets, prove out programs, and inspect critical features on a rapid development timeline.

You will collaborate with CNC programmers and engineers to adapt toolpaths and manufacturing approaches, balancing speed with accuracy.